Short Downside Poems

Spirits eclipse Left
Wisdoms backseat a right mind
heavenly coupons...

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shoppers won't notice
downside of counts and contents
with same price for less...

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  Smell this, Pooh-Bear
    I can't, Piglet

  Why not, Pooh
    My nostrils are in the shop...

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As I climb the ladder I am going up the down side

                  by James Edward Lee Sr.
                             2/21/18...

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lots of bugs inside
downside of summer - zeal to mate
Love has limits - end mates...

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A relative who used to be a good fit
Has evolved into something we must admit
Has a unique downside
Like a Jekyll and Hyde
Now if you give him a hand, it might get bit
...

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Standing up, on top
straddling the seesaw
one foot on each side, now.
Whichever way I lean
sends the upside down
and the downside up.
Slippery slide 
to the flip-side
is unworkable.
It's lunge, parry
riposte....

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Upside down 
and downside up
trucks come and go 
and never stop
they swish and sway 
the alligator way
hoping to play
so they can stay
Oh how they want 
to be wild and free
so they can play the alligator way....

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nose started to see 
                                 with feeling sense of smelling 
                                      eyes started to smell 
                                  with feeling sense of picture 
                                down side up of confused world...

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If you don't vote, 
Extremists will take note,
And politicians will seek a different coloured coat,
As extremists become more eager to vote,
With your absence at the polling booth giving them hope,
That democracy will work in their favour, 
And their words will be the only ones of note....

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Tho' right-handed
instruments the two do play
yet one is downside up
left-handed musicians both are they
or seem to sup
from a similar southpaw cup
and if you follow the trail of crumbs
they lead to Jimi
the Starr of guitar
and stick to Ringo
the Hendrix of drums
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Just like a pin-hole camera's image
The image formed on our eye's retina
Is upside down and cock-eyed
But our brain's used to that,
And tricks us with reversion version
So what we think we see is flipped downside up reality
Our view is an illusion flipped up and flopped over
Sunny side up to go....

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There's often an upside to the downside
of taking the wrong fork in the road.
Everything you thought or were taught,
might be be for naught, 
if you insist on doing things your way.
But.. you could rise above the fray.
Then doubters might say,
they helped pave the way
for the genius,
they claim,
was their friend....

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Each year, some slips away;
I’m just not that upset,
but I’m not that old yet,
if truth be told.

At some point down the road,
it maybe catches up;
for now I’ll pour a cup,
but not too bold.

Ideas still pour in;
I write them while they’re hot.
The downside of this thought:
my coffee’s cold.

—————

An Abhanga: 6x-6a-6a-4x...

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~ Day's sealed ~

The sun's made its turn
   Farmer's chores almost done
It's afternoon's downside
   Kick back, stretch and yawn  

Afternoon heat shimmers
   over cornstalks and hay
Nearing the end 
   of another workday

Gather up some stray eggs
   Feed the cows one last meal
The shadows now long
   Come sunset ~ day's sealed...

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I DARE YOU

Meet me at the downside of the low valleys 
If you aren't scared of adventure
Catch up with me at the peak of the hills
If you aren't lazy as I think. 
Dive with me, let's pick the corals from the sea bed
If you can beat the fishes. 
Pace up with me if you think u can
Let's hold the tail of the racing horse. 
I dare you

(FM CONCEPTUAL)...

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Do we really need darkness to appreciate light
  And see things done wrong to sense what is right

Must we experience hunger to savor a full belly
  We need not a flower to know something's smelly

We say upside down, but not 'downside up'
  Inside-out, not 'outside-in;' that's just made-up

The down here below helps us view what's above
  There dwells no hatred -- just endless LOVE...

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DOWNER

She Knew
I.D.
is key

Her Thoughts
yet she
couldn’t be

She Felt
alone
sans moan

What She Did
had worst
outburst

Inner Squeeze
cramped knots
sad thoughts

Introspective
graphic
tragic

Phone Tag
linked arms
no charms

Community Share
brings down
whole town

Her World
upside
downside
...

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Lodged on a high valley in this far town
People like to turn the world upside down
In winter sky overturns
The snow cover children churn
Snowmen they make do something new on own.

A fat snowman comes to park downside up
Sniffing the frozen ground with red nose sharp
To stay straight head needs to strain
Blood from the legs goes to brain
Twig hands won’t help if he wants to stand up.

December 24, 2017....

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Lighthouse calls to all
Passing ships on the night waves;
They speak without human voice.
In past centuries,
It once needed humans for
Completing its only task;
Now lonely lighthouse
Cries out for companionship,
But ships keep passing on by.
Automation comes,
And keeps on coming; humans 
Without jobs is its downside.
Lonely lighthouse has
No company to visit;
Power is not everything....

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Have you looked in the mirror,
Have you seen some of the faults you put on others?
Do you see that you are not perfect,
Do you know who you truly are.
You see the downside to every one but you,
No looking at you'r faults.
Afraid to see that you are not who you thought you were.
Don't be scared though,
Some of the people you down are there.
They don't profile you,
They don't look at you as imperfect,
They look at you as they do themselves,
Human....

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Flat tire in the rain without a spare
    on the downside of the hill, rush hour, 
        no one gives a flip
            new shoes

Fatal car accident on the way to be baptised

A look inside comes up empty

Cell phone inside locked car
    middle of the desert
        stuck in the sand
           3:00 a.m.  99°
              without water
                 barefoot
                    cactus
                       snakes

~~~

Without you....

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The downside to drinking is sinking,
a depression of grey and black,
there are no leaves on the trees,
they lay dormant by the gutterside.

Kids laughter morphs into a migraine,
ive not heard a bird sing for years,
unmanaged debt haunts me,
a happy face eludes me at every turn

the pain is tearing at my soul,
water pertudes from everywhere,
except my eyes,
i fail to recognise the man looking at me,
as i walk past the mirror shop,

Deep guzzaling breaths.....then drink....

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There's an upside to an All Inclusive Resort

But there's also a downside to an All Inclusive Resort

Young'uns are able to drink until they go blind

Absolutely bonkers, losing all sense of reality

Running amok into the wee small hours

Staggering up and down the halls yelling

Knocking on doors with no regard

For us old folks or families with children

I guess my age is showing BUT...

What ever happened to respect for others!!!


© Jack Ellison 2014...

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